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Musnad Ahmad 127 (Book 2, Hadith 45) #33820
Generosity over Miserliness

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught us to be generous and not to be miserly.

Salman bin Rabee'ah said. I heard 'Umar say: The Messenger of Allah shared out (some booty) and I said: O Messenger of Allah, others are more deserving of this than them: Ahl-us-suffah. The Messenger of Allah said: 'You are giving me the choice of having you ask importunately or regard me as a miser, and I am not a miser'.
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قِسْمَةً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَغَيْرُ هَؤُلَاءِ أَحَقُّ مِنْهُمْ أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِنَّكُمْ تُخَيِّرُونِي بَيْنَ أَنْ تَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ تُبَخِّلُونِي وَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ‏.‏

TOPICS
generosity  *  miserliness  *  charity  *  kindness  *  sadaqah  *  karam

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with your wealth and resources; Help those in need whenever you can; Follow Allah's commands in the Quran

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of generosity and kindness over miserliness. It was narrated by Salman bin Rabee'ah who said that he heard Umar say that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) shared out some booty and Umar suggested that others were more deserving of it than those who received it. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) replied that if he did not give it away then people would think of him as a miser which he was not. This hadith teaches us the importance of being generous with our wealth and resources instead of being selfish or stingy with them. We should always strive to help those in need whenever we can, whether through charity or other forms of assistance, as this is what Allah has commanded us to do in the Quran.

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